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Commission and ECJ: please intervene. Italy has flipped.

– UPDATE Thursday 25th November, 23:25UTC: Lilian Edwards has put together a really comprehensive analysis of the verdict on her blog. See also her prior post about it back in December. Original post follows. Wow. Gosh, this is bad news. … Continue reading

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What’s the frequency, Kwik Fit?

News from Edinburgh: sorry folks, switch off your radios at work. The copyright mafia has made us an offer we can’t refuse… I don’t actually have the words to describe how stupid this is, but I hope you like this … Continue reading

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And right on cue… …a massive abuse of copyright legislation.

CD-Wow, the popular online music retailer has been ordered to pay £41m compensation to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for… buying CDs in Hong Kong and selling them to UK customers, in violation of its 2004 undertaking not to do … Continue reading

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Lawrence Lessig’s other court case

A remarkable turn of events in a case I sadly wasn’t aware of before this article was published. It involves Larry Lessig, founder of the Creative Commons project, who is currently pursuing a negligence action on behalf of a former … Continue reading

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